This guide shows you exactly how to login to the Netgear R8300 router.
Other Netgear R8300 Guides
This is the login guide for the Netgear R8300. We also have the following guides for the same router:
Find Your Netgear R8300 Router IP Address
In order to login to the Netgear R8300 router, we need to know it's internal IP address.
| Known R8300 IP Addresses |
|---|
| 192.168.1.1 |
Choose an IP address from the list above and then follow the rest of this guide.
If you do not find your router's interface later in this guide, then try a different IP address. Keep trying different IP addresses until you find your router. It should be completely harmless to try different IP addresses.
If you try all of the above IP addresses and still cannot find your router, then you have the following options:
- Follow our Find Your Router's Internal IP Address guide.
- Use our free software called Router Detector.
Choose an internal IP Address using one of the above methods and then try to login to your router.
Login to the Netgear R8300 Router
Your Netgear R8300 is managed through a web-based interface. In order to log in to it, you need to use a web browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
Enter Netgear R8300 Internal IP Address
Put the internal IP Address of your Netgear R8300 in the address bar of your web browser. The address bar will look like this:
Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window asking for your Netgear R8300 password.
Netgear R8300 Default Username and Password
In order to login to your Netgear R8300 you are going to need to know your username and password. If you are not sure what the username and password are, then perhaps they are still set to the factory defaults. Try all of the Netgear R8300 factory default usernames and passwords below.
| Netgear R8300 Default Usernames and Passwords | |
|---|---|
| Username | Password |
| admin | password |
Enter your username and password in the dialog box that pops up. Keep trying them all until you get logged in.
Netgear R8300 Home Screen
After you get logged in you should see the Netgear R8300 home screen, which looks like this:
When you see this screen, then you are logged in to your Netgear R8300 router. At this point, you can follow any of our other guides for this router.
Solutions To Netgear R8300 Login Problems
Here are some other ideas that might help you get logged in to your router.
Netgear R8300 Password Doesn't Work
Perhaps your router's default password is different than what we have listed here. You can try other Netgear passwords. Here is our list of all Netgear Passwords.
Forgot Password to Netgear R8300 Router
If your ISP provided your router, then you may have to call them and ask them if they know how to login to your router. Sometimes they will have your password on file.
How to Reset the Netgear R8300 Router To Default Settings
The last option when you are unable to get logged in to your router is to reset it to the factory defaults. If you decide to reset your router to factory defaults, then you can follow our How To Reset your Router guide.f you still cannot get logged in, then you are probably going to have to reset your router to its default settings.
Other Netgear R8300 Guides
Here are some of our other Netgear R8300 info that you might be interested in.
This is the login guide for the Netgear R8300. We also have the following guides for the same router: